Do you consider yourself as a vegan, vegetarian, omnivore or carnivore?

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• So, by not limiting your options, I assume you are also bisexual?

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  by Nigel_R on April 22nd, 2011

• Dang dude! Leave Machinerat alone! Even if he was bi or gay, is that relevant to this question?

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  by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on November 29th, 2011

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• I recently heard someone describe themself as a pescavore. I've never heard that before!!

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  by slenderella on September 12th, 2009

• I didn't know it had a name but I have met people that only eat fish and veggies. According to http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pescavore it is a very healthy lifestyle. I always said I need to eat more fish.

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  by ficwriterpaul on September 12th, 2009

• I learned a new word...Pescavore. I now can say that I once was a pescavore. I ate only fish and veggies for a full year, years ago, before giving it up and going back to my omnivore ways. I always just told people that I was a "Fish eating vegetarian".

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  by Ironhead on September 12th, 2009

• @Ironhead Did you feel healthier when you ate this diet?

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  by ficwriterpaul on September 12th, 2009

• I did...Wish I would have stuck with it a lot longer....I may just go back to it one of these days.

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  by Ironhead on September 12th, 2009

• I am considering it myself. Thanks for the info.

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  by ficwriterpaul on September 12th, 2009

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• All those who are vegetarian for religious reasons are clearly aliens. Like all those in India who answer our customer service calls...

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  by Nigel_R on April 22nd, 2011

• Exactly Nigel! Wish I could +5 for you!

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  by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on November 29th, 2011

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• Yes we can eat plants and animals...but our sharp canine teeth are designed for ripping flesh and the other teeth are actually for chewing plant materials, and our bodies secrete then proper chemicals to digest the nutrients in animal flesh and plant materials...and our bodies uses the nutrients from each type of for different things...
  
  I'm in a college biology course right now! :D
  
  I think he means eating habits in general, because biologically I'm an omnivore, but in practicality...the only plant material I like to ingest is coffee, so I'm an omnivore with VERY carnivoristic tendencies!

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  by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on November 29th, 2011

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• ?

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  by Michael on February 17th, 2011

• oh never mind i know what it means now lol

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  by Michael on February 17th, 2011

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• +5 for doing something I could never do!
  
  I get true physical cravings for red meat, barely cooked at all ...and I get sick the longer I go without it once that happens!
  
  So kudos to u for doing that! Cuz I hate the environmental impact of that.

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  by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on November 29th, 2011

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• +5 for being opposite of me! XD

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  by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on November 29th, 2011

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• I've always wondered this...are Vegans allowed to eat honey? I'm not one myself, but have always wondered about that?

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  by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on November 29th, 2011

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• i said both veg and meat eater so stop with your bullying

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  by Michael on February 17th, 2011

• No, you did not. You listed THREE things. It's in writing. Look above. Also, you may want to look up the definition of bullying.

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  by Gratefully Me on February 17th, 2011

• GM, Leave Micheal alone and stop bullying please! English may not be his first language! If that's the case and he's learning, he may only BE at a third or fourth grade level right now!
  
  English is my birth language, but I speak Spanish so often that sometimes my spelling and stuff lapses too, please stop being so judgmental and give the man a chance!
  
  And u wanna nit-pick, learn to spell "Fourth", it has a "u" in that you missed. If your gonna be a Grammar Nazi, follow your own darn rules as well!

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  by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on November 29th, 2011

• I hear you. I remember this. I was having a bad night... sorry. This isn't even the right question, anymore. It's been merged.

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  by Gratefully Me on November 29th, 2011

• Sorry, I just got some bad news myself when I read that and responded, bad timing all around, huh?
  
  +5 for not being mad at me though!

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  by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on November 29th, 2011

• no my first language is English just bad at literacy i suppose i did start school in year 3 though so don't think that helped to much lol.well we all have bad days nothing to worry about.

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  by Michael on November 30th, 2011

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• I think someone could choose to be any of these. However, a carnivore would be deficient in vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, antioxidants, etc. They would have less energy because their excess protein and fats would be converted to energy. By far the least healthy option, but still a possibility for someone to live on - just not very long.

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  by Nigel_R on April 22nd, 2011

• Most deaths before the 1900 were from poor nutrition - a lack of vital nutrients that we later discovered. Most of which were present in vegetables, unrefined grains and fruits.

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  by AJ-Says on April 25th, 2011

• I believe you are correct - especially if you add the deaths from diseases a healthy immune system could fight off. However, the notion that people should be primarily carnivorous does appear to be a social construct, especially with all the negative statements regarding vegetarians. I have friends who are vegetarian or vegan and they seem quite healthy and active, as opposed to common stereotypes.

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  by Nigel_R on April 26th, 2011

• I'm on a mostly carnivore-type diet and I take supplements and force myself to eat the (very) few plant and grain things that DON'T make me sick, even though the taste makes me gag so I don't get scurvy or w/e!
  
  I'll hide peas in the meatloaf I make so I won't notice the "green" taste that I hate as much or do other stuff like that.
  
  My body just wasn't designed that well for plant-based things! I get sick so easily, and I mean "clean-up-on-aisle 9" sick from a lot of plant-based stuff. And I get true physical cravings for red meat that is barely cooked.

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  by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on November 29th, 2011

• Nigel, don't forget the leafy greens and other veggies. They are a key to good health.
  I know there are several vegetarians that are healthy and more that look healthy but are not.
  
  Arctico - that sticks that your body does not tolerate veggies. I know people that eat fast food and snack on Doritos all day that dont get sick from veggies.
  It's good that you find ways to eat them, like hiding them in your meat.
  You seem young so maybe you will find more appealing veggies as you get older. I hope so. Gagging is really not fun and it makes it difficult to eat anything at all.

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  by AJ-Says on December 9th, 2011

• I'm actually 20 years old, young...but probably not as young as you were thinking. It was even worse when I was a kid! My Mother and Grandma gave up, that's how bad it was!
  
  I can't eat fast food either, makes me ill, too much fat. I mostly eat like a carnivore, but I drink milk and eat milk-based things as well, and that I can actually eat. I have the best teeth of anyone I know of because of that! Despite my coffee addiction (one of the few plant-based things that I ingest without getting sick or hating it!)
  
  I think I do pretty well on this diet actually, maybe it's a genetic mutation/disorder or something. I'm one of the few humans that are truly carnivorous by random chance. Unique and cool, but I just wanna be able to eat like normal people once and a while! >:(

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  by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on December 9th, 2011

• I don't blame you. Sounds difficult at times. Glad that you can't eat fast food. If you had to rely on that for nutrition that would suck.
  Anyway, best of luck my carnivorous friend.

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  by AJ-Says on December 12th, 2011

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• True, even so-called "meat" has soy and other plant filler for flavor. Chicken sold at the store are injected with flavoring too, which I couldn't believe until I read that if they didn't it would taste blande.

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  by Nigel_R on April 22nd, 2011

• Not if you buy "organic" meat without the added stuff or hunt it yourself like I do!
  
  SO effing want a Venison steak right now! *Mouth waters*
  
  I does taste bland, that's why you add seasoning to it yourself as you cook it!

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  by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on November 29th, 2011

• point is u can't subsist only off of meat like in the caveman era since we've evolved to have other needs

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  by X Anonymous Z.eDD on December 11th, 2011

• Yea, I know.
  
  You should read my answer and the comments on AJ-Says answer. I have kind of a "medical"-type issue I suppose where I am mostly "carnivore" I suppose, I have a hard time eating anything plant or grain-based, makes me sick really easily.

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  by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on December 12th, 2011

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